SMART VENTURES, INC subsidiary The Sanday Corporation through its contract with Merlin ERD, which is considered the world leader in Extended Reach Drilling, is pleased to announce its drilling services assignment for Tullow Oil in Kenya. We continue to build upon our drilling services division worldwide. We value our contractual relationship with Merlin ERD as invaluable as they continue to provide extraordinary drilling opportunities for us internationally.

"We are committed to providing a diverse range of services to the oil and gas community via our contract with Merlin ERD, which affords us worldwide recognition for excellence in providing these services to oil majors," says CEO Roger Smith.

About Merlin ERD

Merlin ERD Limited is the leading independent Well Engineering consultancy, specialising in Extended Reach Drilling (ERD), Complex and High Angle wells. With experience delivering demanding ERD projects from Sakhalin to Australasia, the Middle East, West Africa, the North Sea and the Americas, whose clients have enviable access to the latest deviated drilling innovations being implemented around the world.www.merlinerd.com

About Smart Ventures

Smart Ventures, Inc. is an independent energy company engaged in engineering extended reach drilling services, acquisition, development, production, and exploration of oil, gas and minerals internationally. We also formed a midstream transportation division with a fleet of trucks. We began to offer a diverse range of armored vehicles which compliments our midstream transportation division. www.sandaydrilling.comwww.smartventuresinc.us

About Tullow Oil

Tullow Oil Plc is one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in Europe with a focused portfolio of world-class assets. They are Africa's leading independent oil company with recent basin opening discoveries in Ghana, Uganda and Kenya. www.tullowoil.com

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